The five disadvantageous outcomes of Pakistan’s decision were that: 1) Russia was left wondering why Pakistan conveyed its interest in this event during Kabulov’s trip to Islamabad only for it to not take part; 2) questions are now raised about the sincerity of its rapprochement with Moscow; 3) Islamabad also hinted that bilateral spats with…
It’s of course in Pakistan’s objective national interests that it successfully clinches comprehensive economic and energy deals with Russia in order to relieve the pressure upon it caused by the cascading crises of the past year, but it’s also bittersweet that this is only just happening now. Had it occurred almost a year ago after…
It’s still too early to render judgement on Pakistan’s de facto most powerful official since he only just assumed office, yet the great leap forward in mutually beneficial economic and energy cooperation with Russia this week suggests that new COAS Munir isn’t as partisan as his predecessor. This observation doesn’t mean that he’s from the…
Pakistani Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik’s official statement about Pakistan’s intent to import 35% of its total crude oil requirement from Russia, which was obviously approved by new Chief Of Army Staff Asim Munir, sharply contrasts with the prior fake news about Russian oil that circulated immediately after last April’s post-modern coup. Some…
The worst-case scenario is that Pakistan launches even just a limited ground operation into Afghanistan together with relying on US drone strikes either across the border or within its own. That could immediately set into motion the fast-moving sequence of events that results in the never-ending war that former Prime Minister Imran Khan is so…
Russia is a responsible regional stakeholder and therefore doesn’t want the worst-case scenario of a never-ending Pakistani-Taliban war to transpire, yet it’s powerless to directly shape the dynamics for de-escalating this crisis in order to avert that outcome. Nevertheless, it’ll never give up trying, hence the real reason why Special Presidential Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov…
